TAPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does taps mean? 

• TAPS (noun)
  The noun TAPS has 1 sense:

1. (military) signal to turn the lights out

  Familiarity information: TAPS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAPS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(military) signal to turn the lights out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

lights-out; taps

Hypernyms ("taps" is a kind of...):

bugle call (a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

 Context examples 

I had given two taps and Oberstein had come to the door.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I say, “Come in!” but someone taps again.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Results of the study showed a reduction in the consumption of antibiotics among families that used water from taps fitted with special dispensers containing chlorine tablets that gradually dissolve and treat flowing water.

(Chlorine dispensers fitted to public taps cut child diarrhoea, SciDev.Net)

To-night. Same hour. Same place. Two taps. Most vitally important. Your own safety at stake.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Therefore, my dear Doctor, said the Old Soldier, giving him several affectionate taps, you may command me, at all times and seasons.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A low-cost device that infuses small amounts of chlorine into water drawn from public taps can reduce child diarrhoea by 23 per cent, according to a study conducted in Bangladesh.

(Chlorine dispensers fitted to public taps cut child diarrhoea, SciDev.Net)

Monday night after nine. Two taps. Only ourselves. Do not be so suspicious.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She is rather long, notwithstanding; but by and by I hear a rustling at the door, and someone taps.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

We heard a shuffling sound outside, and then two sharp taps with the knocker.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)